1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450586303321

Autore

Lawson Wendy <1952->

Titolo

Friendships [[electronic resource] ] : the aspie way / / Wendy Lawson ; foreword by Emma Wall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2006

ISBN

1-280-73833-2

9786610738335

1-84642-524-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WallEmma

Disciplina

616.85882

Soggetti

Asperger's syndrome - Patients - Social networks

Friendship

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Friendships; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 What Is a Friend?; Chapter 2 How to Recognise a Friend from a Foe; Chapter 3 Too Many Friends!; Chapter 4 You're Just Too Honest!; Chapter 5 Family Comes First?; Chapter 6 Sharing Common Goals; Chapter 7 Baring All; Chapter 8 It's Hard to Be a Good Friend; Chapter 9 Letting Your Friends Know You Care; Chapter 1 0 Sustaining and Developing Our Friendships; APPENDIX 1: PERSONALITY TEST JUST FOR FUN; APPENDIX 2: ON-LINE FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT AGENCIES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Wendy Lawson felt she had a knack for upsetting people and was surprised to be told that she 'did friendship rather well'. In her frank and thoughtful analysis of what makes and breaks friendships, she explores what it means to have friends or be a friend. Her ideas are accompanied by practical examples, poetry and stories.



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0027448

Autore

Giancoli, Douglas C.

Titolo

Fisica : principi e applicazioni / Douglas C. Giancoli ; edizione italiana a cura di Paolo Cavatorta e Lanfranco Cicala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : CEA, 2000

Titolo uniforme

Physics

ISBN

88-408-1015-3

Descrizione fisica

XXV, 1124 p. : ill. ; 27 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910809414903321

Autore

Scott Peter Dale

Titolo

American war machine [[electronic resource] ] : deep politics, the CIA global drug connection, and the road to Afghanistan / / Peter Dale Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010

ISBN

9781442205895

144220589X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

War and peace library

Disciplina

958.104/7

Soggetti

Drug traffic - Government policy - United States

Drug control - Political aspects - United States

Intelligence service - United States

Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Causes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-373) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Deep History and the Global



Drug Connection; Part I. OVERVIEW; Chapter 01. Sanctioned Violence, the Dominance Machine, and the Overworld; Part II. THE CIA AND DRUGS ABROAD; Chapter 02. Mexico, Drugs, the DFS, and the United States; Chapter 03. Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma; Chapter 04. Rollback, PARU, and Laos: Preparing for Offensive War; Chapter 05. Laos: Financing a War by Drugs; Chapter 06. The War on Drugs in Asia: A Phony War with Real Casualties; Part III. DEEP EVENTS AND THE DRUG CONNECTION AT HOME

Chapter 07. The CIA, the Global Drug Connection, and Terrorism  Chapter 08. Inside the War Machine: The Profiteers from Enduring Violence; Chapter 09. 9/11 and the American Tradition of Engineered Deep Events; Part IV: AMERICA AND AFGHANISTAN TODAY; Chapter 10. Obama and Afghanistan: America's Drug-Corrupted War; Chapter 11. Conclusion: The War Machine and the Deep Politics of Drugs; Final Words; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic. Beginning with Thailand in the 1950's, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances with drug traffickers (and their bankers) to install and sustain right-wing governments. The pattern has repeated itself